I wonder where Jac has gotten too' Sahira questioned. ' ill go up and check on her'
Sahira then detached herself from James, not that James noticed, him and Joseph were to involved with the football and made her way through the kitchen and up the stairs. As she was walking up the stairs calling Jac's name she noticed Jac's ginger hair on the floor, as she walked up further she realised that Jac was led on the floor. Sahira bolted it up the stairs to find Jac led on the floor with a puddle of blood underneath her head.
'JOSEPH, GET UP HERE NOW.. JAMES CALL 999' Sahira shouted as she tried to check for a pulse.
Joseph came running up the stairs, to find Sahira bent over Jac's chest. Joseph didn't know what to do. He threw off his jacket and went to her aid. He slowly lifted up her head which was completely covered in blood, he rested her head on his knees. Out came his light as he pulled back on of her eyelids and shone the light in them..
' She has a pulse, but its faint.. we need to get her to Holby.. NOW' Joseph demanded.
Sahira grabbed Joseph's jacket and placed it underneath Jac's head, she then left Joseph and darted downstairs to James... Joseph was scared, he carefully rocked Jac back and forth praying that she was going to wake up. He bent over and gently kissed Jac whispering to her ' wake up Jac, for me. Your alive right. don't do this to me.. not now' He was so afraid that Jac wasn't going to make it, he kept checking her pulse, which was getting fainter by the minute. His eyes were welling up, as he blinked a single tear fell from his eye landing on Jac's cheek.
' SAHIRA, ARE THEY HERE YET. HER PULSE IS GOING DOWN' Joseph shouted.
It was like it on was on cue, the paramedics came racing up the stairs with the stretcher, oxygen and a bag. Joseph slowly gave her head to someone else and backed away, he couldn't bare them touching her, he only wanted him to help her, she was his, no theirs, but she needed to survive. They we're having a baby. A thought came threw his head. What if she's losing it?. The Paramedics picked up the stretcher with a unconscious Jac and quickly walked down the stairs to the ambulance. Joseph followed them.
' Mate you go with Jac in the ambulance, me and Sahira will follow you and met you there' James expressed.
' I-i'll call the team and get the ready' Sahira said in her quiet voice, she was worried for her friend.
Joseph jumped into the back of the ambulance hesitating where to sit, he sat next to the stretcher were Jac was laid, he grabbed her hand and kissed it over and over again. Although he was a doctor, just like Jac, he couldn't understand what was happening. His mind was going over things, he couldn't lose her not now, he risked his whole life for her, they were meant to last forever with their child, she was his life, the reason he woke up in the morning.. this was love.
As they arrived at Holby City, he saw Michael Spence, Ric Griffin, Chrissie Williams and Elizabeth Tate waiting with a crash trolley, oxygen, and a life machine. Sahira and James rapidly jumped out their car and stood with the team. As soon as the doors flung open of the ambulance It was chaos. Jac was transferred from the stretcher to the crash trolley, Michael, Ric and Chrissie held on the bars and raced the trolley straight into theatre. Joseph ran after them, he needed to be with Jac. After all they were an item. As Jac was pushed through the double doors of theatre James pulled Joseph back and sat him down on the chair. He didn't stay there, he arose from the chair and started to pace the floor.
Joseph needed to be by Jac's side, to tell her that it was alright and that she was safe. Hew knew she wasn't alright at dinner, she wouldn't tell anyone because she's stubborn, guess that's partly why he fell in love with her. Joseph tried to get into theatre but James told him to wait. How could he wait?
' Joseph mate, the more you hassle them, the longer its going to take for them to help her' James explained as he put his arm around Joseph
Joseph walked over and joined Sahira who was sat on the chair silently crying. She was the only true friend Jac had.. she was worried that something was going to happen to the baby or even Jac.
' I need to be in there with her, she's pregnant for crying out loud. I need to be there with her holding her hand' Joseph stated as he broke down in tears
Sahira put her arm around him pulling him in to her shoulder, she tried to comfort him but he was in to much of a state, he didn't think that she would be doing this to Joseph any time soon. Time passed and Joseph began getting restless and agitated. He was constantly pacing the ward hoping for answers. Whenever he heard nurses walking towards them he assumed that they were going to deliver some upsetting news for him.
'Joseph' Chrissie said as she walked through the theatre doors.
'Joseph dashed up to Chrissie as Sahira and James Stood up clenching each others hands.
' She's going to be OK' Chrissie told them.
' oh my god thank god.. Can I see her?'
'We're moving her to intensive care, you can see her then and Spence will be going up to tell you what happened' Chrissie explained.
' What about the baby? Is it alright?
' Baby?' Chrissie asked with a face of confusion.
' Yeah? She's pregnant, has she not told anyone?
' No, she hasn't. Right better go and tell them!' Chrissie exclaimed as she stormed off back through the doors.
Joseph went and slumped down In the chair he was so re-leaved that Jac was alive, she was in safe hands. His heart was slowly rebuilding itself. He wouldn't bare to think what happened if She didn't make it? Seeing Jac in pain hurt him even more, a part of him wanted that to be in there, at least Jac would be safe and well.
They gave it ten minutes before making their way up to intensive care where they found a weak and brittle Jac Naylor. She was still under anaesthetic, she looked so peaceful but so frail. Joseph rushed over to her side where he instantly grabbed her hand and once again whispered in her ear ' its alright Jac, I'm here, everything's going to be fine, I love you' He pulled the chair right against the bed so he was as close to Jac as he could be without hurting her. He held her hand so close to his heart and her it tight, he didn't want to let her go, he stroked her silky ginger hair trying to look beneath the wires and drips which were covering her body. He felt a faint smile return on his face, a smile that wasn't as broad as it would normally be when Jac was her normal self. Sahira and James joined Joseph. Sahira went round to the other side of the bed where she too held Jac's hand.
' Jac you stubborn cow eh? If you wanted more attention you could of just said' Sahira said as tears fell from her face.
They were disturbed by Michael who was stood at the end of the bed. He saw how distraught they were, he felt a limp in his throat. Even he was terrified of what might of happened to Jac.
' Jac has a kidney infection, However the infection blocked one of her fallopian tubes that's why she was experiencing the acute stomach pains. We've had to removed the infected tube before it would have burst. she still has one tube left which is perfectly fine and free of any infection. We have also had to stitch up the wound of her head, unfortunately she lost quite a lot of blood but its nothing to worry about it' Michael explained
' what about the baby?' Sahira asked, Joseph was staring at Jac and wasn't really asking any questions.
' The baby or should I say babies.. they are fine, she just has a lot of fluid around her...'
Joseph interrupted Michael before he could finish his sentence
' Babies? You mean Jac's having t-t-twins?' Joseph stated
'yes, Jac's having twins'
Joseph didn't reply he just put his hands over his head. He couldn't believe what he just heard, he was going to be a father.. a father to twins, it was too much to take in. Jac had a near death experience and now he's found out that she's carrying twins, he couldn't cope. A part of him was so joyful, him and Jac had managed to create twins but another part of him was starting to think that having a baby was a mistake. They wouldn't be able to look after twins. His palms were sweating so was his head, he needed Jac to awake, they needed to sort this out. Was this really what they wanted?
' Joseph do you need some air?' Sahira asked him.
' no, no, I'm fine, just in...um, shock' Joseph slowly replied
' of course you are, you have just found out that she's having twins.' Sahira said as she checked Jac's blood pressure ' Ill go and see how much anaesthetic she was given.
Sahira walked off to Elizabeth's direction, who looked very uncomfortable with the situation.
' Elizabeth, how much anaesthetic was Jac given?' Sahira asked,
' Um I don't know' She snapped.
' excuse me? Is there any reason to snap at me?' Sahira declared
' I didn't snap at you and once again, I don't know how much she had and quite frankly I couldn't care.' she shouted.
' Oh Elizabeth, this isn't the time to be arguing, A colleague nearly lost her life, she's over there while we're all in turmoil, its obvious you don't like her'
' I do like her, but she's never nice to people? I'm sorry for snapping, Hanssen has dock my wages for some reason. Ill find out how much she had'
As Elizabeth scattered off, she looked around to find Joseph sat on the bed holding Jac's hand, she was awake..
' ELIZABETH DONT WORRY' Sahira shouted down the corridor as she walked back to Jac.
Everyone was stood up around Jac's bed even James. Joseph had another faint smile on his face as Jac was coming back to life.
' Jac, its Joseph, your fine, don't worry'
Jac slowly lifted up one arm and touched Joseph's face, she gave out a small smile. Joseph found his hand on top of Jac's hand. He smiled back to her, he was so delighted that Jac was awake. Just seeing her eyes, made him feel ten times better.
'w-w-what happened?' Jac struggled to speak, but when she did her voice was croaky.
'You collapsed upstairs and hit your head giving yourself a concussion' Joseph told her.
' Is that it? I feel like I've been through hell and back'
Joseph looked at Sahira, they both shrugged at each other, they knew they had to tell Jac sometime, but she had just awoken. Was it best to tell her now? Joseph looked back at Jac, taking both her hands in his hands an began explaining.
' You were suffering from a kidney infection, however it blocked up one of your fallopian tubes, they had to removed the infected tube'
A face of turmoil appeared on Jac's face, she was scared and shocked. She only remembered up until she went upstairs, after that it was a blur. She tired to sit up, but Joseph didn't allow her to stretch her body otherwise there was a chance that the scar could tear.
'Joseph, maybe you should you know.. tell her the rest' Sahira expressed as she sat on James's lap.
' Tell me what?' Jac interrupted, her voice was beginning to sound more stubborn.
Her his voice Joseph said ' your having twins'
' I'm what?'
' Your carrying twins' Joseph repeated himself.
Jac reacted pretty much the same as Joseph, she took her hands away from Joseph's and placed then on her face, her face said it all, she was in total shock. Joseph whispered in her ear ' I'm going to get some coffee'
Joseph and James both walked out the ward leaving Sahira and Jac to talk.
' Jac I know this is a silly question but.. are you OK?' Sahira asked.
Jac didn't reply just simply let silent tears make their way down her cheeks, she didn't wipe them away, just let them fall. Sahira stood up and sat next to her friend holding her in her arms, Jac didn't hold back the tears, she just cried into Sahira's shoulder. Jac Naylor crying?.
Sahira knew that Jac had changed, she never showed her emotions like this..never.
Jac pulled away and moaned 'Ouch, I knew I shouldn't stretch my body'
' Jac I know its scary for you, but everything's going to be fine, you should of seen Joseph when you was in theatre, he cares about you and the twins'
' I know he does, I don't admit this much Sahira so your lucky to hear this but I'm scared' Jac confessed
Jac kept her emotions bottled up and kept them to herself. Ever since her mum left her, she didn't like getting to close to people, she assumed they would leave her like her mum did. All her life, Jac had to build herself up, find her own way around the world. She thought that this was the time to change and make something of her life instead of being that same old lonely Jac Naylor that all the staff seemed to loathe.
' Sahira, thanks for being here for me.. I appreciated it' Jac smiled.
' Any time Jac, I knew I would change you' Sahira laughed
'OK you've won.. just this time though' Jac joked as she pointed her finger to Sahira ' do you and James want to be godparents?'
Sahira was gob smacked ' um. Yeah. alright. We'll be honoured
Joseph and James returned with no coffee, some reason they had gotten 'distracted'. Jac was all smiles and laughs when the boys returned. Joseph started to relax a bit more and smile as well.
' What's made you two so chirpy then? Joseph asked as he sat next to Jac.
' I've asked Sahira if her and James would be godparents' Jac smiled.
' We keeping them then'
' Of course we are, I may a stubborn cow but I'm having these twins'
Jac pulled Joseph closer and passionately kissed him. Their lips interlocked with each others, Joseph still had the same soft lips as he did the first time they kissed back in Bournemouth. Joseph pulled away as he held his family in his arms.
